Earl Cochrane is a Canadian soccer executive, who has previously worked the

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, and

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Playing career

Cochrane played university soccer at

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. He was a four-time

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All-star and a two time all-Canadian defender. Cochrane also played professionally in Asia.

Management

Cochrane worked for the

as the National Teams Manager from January 2001 before becoming Director of Communications in 2005. He was also Director of Communications of

for two years before returning to Canada. Cochrane was an original member of

, joining in July 2006 as the club's Manager of Team Operations. Cochrane was named

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Director in April 2007. He was appointed interim general manager of

on Sept 14, 2010, following

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's removal. He became Director of Team and Player Operations following the appointment of

's new management team in January, 2011. Shortly after the firing of general manager Kevin Payne, Cochrane was also fired.

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